The Complete Oscar Micheaux

Featuring restorations of his surviving works, this is a celebration of a groundbreaking filmmaker and one of the most prominent Pioneers of African American Cinema.

The program concludes with a limited engagement of the 2021 documentary Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking on Sunday, September 29.
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Presented from Thursday, September 19—Sunday, September 29, 2024.

Explore the full line-up below! To schedule a group screening, please contact us at events@gatewayfilmcenter.org.

Sep 19

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: Within Our Gates (1920)
Sep 20

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: The Exile (1931)
Sep 21

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: Swing! (1932)
Sep 21

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: Body and Soul (1925) with short film The Darktown Revue (1931)
Sep 22

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: The Girl from Chicago (1932)
Sep 22

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920)
Sep 23

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: Ten Minutes to Live (1932) with Veiled Aristocrats (1932)
Sep 24

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: Murder In Harlem (1935)
Sep 25

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: Underworld (1937)
Sep 26

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: Birthright (1938)
Sep 27

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: God's Step Children (1938)
Sep 28

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: Lying Lips (1939)
Sep 28

The Complete Oscar Micheaux: The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940)
Sep 29

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)

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